Diablo – How does Dodge work exactly

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Dexterity increases the chance to dodge, and as a Monk I also have a mantra available that also increases the dodge chance. I'm wondering how useful a high dodge value actually is and if I should take this mantra over other ones.

How exactly does dodge work? Is it simply an x% chance to dodge an attack, unmodified by any enemy stats? Does it work for any kind of attack, physical, magical, AoE?

Best Answer

Yes, dodge simply gives to attackers a x% to miss their attacks. It works on all attack types:

  • Melee Attacks
  • Ranged Attacks
  • Ranged Spells
  • Ground-based AoE

Dodge does not work only against status effect modifier like fear, jail, etc.

Dodge is linked to dexterity and seems not hard-capped but its formula has a diminishing effects like explained in this answer.

2000 Dexterity, for example, provide you a 40% dodge:

100*0.100 + 400*0.025 + 500*0.020 + 1000*0.010 = 40%
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